maxpartners = thePartnerImages.length;
partnerNum = Math.ceil(Math.random()*maxpartners);; 
previousPartner = partnerNum;
inPartnerTransition = false;

$(document).ready(function(){

	for(x = 0; x < maxpartners;x++){
		//$(".partner-zone").append('<div style="position:absolute;" class="partnerAll"><span style="float:left; margin:6px 20px 0 0; color:#141b35;"><img border="0" src="'+thePartnerImages[x]+'" /><br /><strong>Booth#:'+thePartnerBooths[x]+'</strong></span>'+thePartnerText[x]+'</div>');
		$(".partner-zone").append('<div style="position:absolute;" class="partnerAll"><span style="float:left; margin:6px 20px 0 0; color:#141b35;"><img border="0" src="'+thePartnerImages[x]+'" /></span>'+thePartnerText[x]+'</div>');
	}
	$(".partnerAll").hide();
	
	$(".partnerAll:nth-child("+partnerNum+")").show();




	
	function slideToNextPartner(){
		inPartnerTransition = true;
		previousPartner = partnerNum;
		if(partnerNum<maxpartners){
			partnerNum++;
		} else {
			partnerNum=1;
		}

		
		$(".partnerAll:nth-child("+partnerNum+")").css("z-index","2");

		$(".partnerAll:nth-child("+previousPartner+")").css("z-index","1");
		
		$(".partnerAll:nth-child("+partnerNum+")").fadeIn(2000, nextPartner);
		
	}
	
	
	function nextPartner(){
		$(".partnerAll:nth-child("+previousPartner+")").hide();
		inPartnerTransition = false;
	}
	
	partnerIntervalID = setInterval(slideToNextPartner,20000);
});